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   Dean Earley to Peter   
   Re: How do I access media file data (att   
   13 Nov 06 09:54:29   
   
   From: dean.earley@icode.co.uk   
      
   Peter wrote:   
   > I want to be able to construct a database using VB6 of my MP3 files (held on   
   > the hard drive) so that I can sort the data by "Artist", "Title", "Genre",   
   > etc.   
   > I know how to put the database together, but I am having trouble extracting   
   > the mp3 file attributes. I can see them OK in Windows Explorer (using   
   > properties - summary).   
   > I can also access them if they were files on a CD, but not as converted MP3   
   > files on my PC.   
      
   There are plenty of ID3 tag readers available on PSCode that should be   
   able to get this information for you.   
      
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   Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)   
   i-Catcher Development Team   
      
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